Python Jobs in the Thames Valley

Python
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Python skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Python over the 6 months leading up to 6 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 30 7
Rank change year-on-year +15 -23 +9
Permanent jobs citing Python 295 412 927
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.04% 6.96% 15.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.12% 21.29% 37.79%
Number of salaries quoted 164 278 366
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,200 £36,953
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -6.12%
75th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £83,750 £90,000
South East median annual salary £68,750 £60,000 £61,700
% change year-on-year +14.58% -2.76% +12.18%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 948 1,935 2,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 32.26% 32.71% 41.01%
Number of salaries quoted 594 1,493 1,403
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,324
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £76,188 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,200 £91,250
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 6 March 2025.

Salary histogram for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 March 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +12 125 £67,500 +12.50% 99
Oxfordshire +4 101 £62,500 +11.60% 79
Buckinghamshire +11 69 £60,000 +14.29% 54
Python
South East

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.71%) Confluence
2 2 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.68%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.68%) OpenStack
2 2 (0.68%) SAS
2 2 (0.68%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.34%) Apache
3 1 (0.34%) CMS
3 1 (0.34%) IBM Domino
3 1 (0.34%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.02%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.02%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.68%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.68%) Simulink
3 2 (0.68%) Zemax
4 1 (0.34%) Pipeline Pilot
Cloud Services
1 90 (30.51%) AWS
2 67 (22.71%) Azure
3 33 (11.19%) Serverless
4 24 (8.14%) Amazon EC2
5 22 (7.46%) Amazon EKS
6 19 (6.44%) Power Platform
7 17 (5.76%) Amazon S3
8 16 (5.42%) Amazon ECS
8 16 (5.42%) GitHub
9 13 (4.41%) GCP
10 12 (4.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 11 (3.73%) Entra ID
12 10 (3.39%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (3.05%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (3.05%) SaaS
14 8 (2.71%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (2.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 8 (2.71%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (2.37%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.07%) Internet
2 11 (3.73%) Firewall
3 10 (3.39%) SSL
4 9 (3.05%) 5G
4 9 (3.05%) Bluetooth
4 9 (3.05%) DNS
4 9 (3.05%) LTE
4 9 (3.05%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (2.03%) Cisco Firepower
5 6 (2.03%) Multicast
6 5 (1.69%) Wireless
7 4 (1.36%) Ethernet
8 3 (1.02%) Broadband
9 2 (0.68%) DWDM
9 2 (0.68%) GPON
9 2 (0.68%) IPv4
9 2 (0.68%) IPv6
9 2 (0.68%) MPLS
9 2 (0.68%) RS-232
9 2 (0.68%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (18.31%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (10.17%) Relational Database
3 19 (6.44%) Power BI
4 17 (5.76%) MySQL
5 16 (5.42%) NoSQL
6 15 (5.08%) SQL Server
7 14 (4.75%) MongoDB
8 12 (4.07%) RDBMS
9 9 (3.05%) Tableau
10 6 (2.03%) Data Mining
11 5 (1.69%) Big Data
11 5 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.36%) Data Lake
13 3 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (1.02%) Apache Cassandra
14 2 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
14 2 (0.68%) DynamoDB
14 2 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.68%) Hadoop
14 2 (0.68%) Redis
Development Applications
1 36 (12.20%) Git
2 27 (9.15%) Jenkins
3 21 (7.12%) JIRA
4 16 (5.42%) GitLab
5 15 (5.08%) JUnit
6 12 (4.07%) JMeter
6 12 (4.07%) Mockito
7 5 (1.69%) Selenium
8 4 (1.36%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.02%) Artifactory
9 3 (1.02%) Bitbucket Server
9 3 (1.02%) Bugzilla
9 3 (1.02%) LabVIEW
9 3 (1.02%) SonarQube
9 3 (1.02%) TestNG
9 3 (1.02%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.68%) Appium
10 2 (0.68%) Mocha
10 2 (0.68%) Moq
10 2 (0.68%) Trac
General
1 55 (18.64%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.53%) Electronics
3 27 (9.15%) Public Sector
4 23 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.78%) Manufacturing
6 15 (5.08%) Finance
7 9 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.05%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.71%) Multimedia
9 7 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.03%) Games
11 4 (1.36%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.36%) Automotive
11 4 (1.36%) Law
12 3 (1.02%) Legal
12 3 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.68%) Advertising
13 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.68%) Retail
Job Titles
1 78 (26.44%) Software Engineer
2 67 (22.71%) Developer
3 57 (19.32%) Senior
4 33 (11.19%) Senior Software Engineer
5 21 (7.12%) Lead
6 20 (6.78%) Analyst
7 17 (5.76%) Principal Engineer
7 17 (5.76%) Principal Software Engineer
8 15 (5.08%) Java Developer
8 15 (5.08%) Software Developer
9 14 (4.75%) Python Engineer
10 13 (4.41%) Junior
11 12 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
12 11 (3.73%) Data Scientist
12 11 (3.73%) Machine Learning Engineer
13 10 (3.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (3.05%) Automation Engineer
14 9 (3.05%) Data Analyst
14 9 (3.05%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (3.05%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (9.83%) HTML
1 29 (9.83%) React
2 27 (9.15%) REST
3 18 (6.10%) .NET
4 17 (5.76%) CSS
4 17 (5.76%) Flutter
5 16 (5.42%) jQuery
6 14 (4.75%) Web Services
7 13 (4.41%) Apache Camel
7 13 (4.41%) Hibernate
7 13 (4.41%) Node.js
7 13 (4.41%) Spring
7 13 (4.41%) Spring Boot
8 12 (4.07%) ActiveMQ
8 12 (4.07%) Django
8 12 (4.07%) WireMock
9 10 (3.39%) HTML5
10 8 (2.71%) CSS3
10 8 (2.71%) JSON
11 7 (2.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (12.88%) Algorithms
2 22 (7.46%) IoT
3 18 (6.10%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (5.76%) Molecular Biology
5 15 (5.08%) Linux Command Line
6 9 (3.05%) NB-IoT
7 8 (2.71%) Client/Server
7 8 (2.71%) Embedded Systems
7 8 (2.71%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.37%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (2.03%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.03%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.36%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.36%) Life Science
12 3 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.02%) Clustering
12 3 (1.02%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.02%) Robotics
12 3 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 100 (33.90%) Linux
2 22 (7.46%) Windows
3 15 (5.08%) Unix
4 11 (3.73%) Debian
5 10 (3.39%) Windows Server
6 7 (2.37%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.69%) SUSE
7 5 (1.69%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 4 (1.36%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (1.02%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.68%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (31.53%) Software Engineering
2 61 (20.68%) Agile
3 52 (17.63%) CI/CD
4 51 (17.29%) DevOps
4 51 (17.29%) Microservices
5 49 (16.61%) Open Source
6 48 (16.27%) Machine Learning
7 42 (14.24%) Workflow
8 41 (13.90%) Artificial Intelligence
9 40 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
10 39 (13.22%) Collaborative Working
11 37 (12.54%) Computer Science
12 35 (11.86%) Analytics
13 34 (11.53%) SDLC
14 33 (11.19%) Containerisation
15 32 (10.85%) Software Testing
16 31 (10.51%) Data Analysis
16 31 (10.51%) Physics
17 29 (9.83%) Full-Stack Development
17 29 (9.83%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 76 (25.76%) C++
2 60 (20.34%) JavaScript
3 58 (19.66%) Java
4 51 (17.29%) SQL
5 48 (16.27%) C
6 37 (12.54%) Bash
7 34 (11.53%) C#
8 31 (10.51%) PowerShell
9 28 (9.49%) Go
10 22 (7.46%) Perl
10 22 (7.46%) Shell Script
11 21 (7.12%) Rust
12 20 (6.78%) TypeScript
13 19 (6.44%) Ruby
14 17 (5.76%) Fortran
15 12 (4.07%) MATLAB
16 7 (2.37%) R
17 4 (1.36%) PL/SQL
18 3 (1.02%) Apex Code
18 3 (1.02%) Scala
Qualifications
1 86 (29.15%) Degree
2 52 (17.63%) Security Cleared
3 50 (16.95%) SC Cleared
4 41 (13.90%) Master's Degree
5 30 (10.17%) PhD
6 18 (6.10%) DV Cleared
7 17 (5.76%) CompTIA Security+
8 15 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (3.05%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (1.02%) Postgraduate
11 2 (0.68%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.68%) HND
11 2 (0.68%) ISEB
11 2 (0.68%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.34%) CompTIA CySA+
12 1 (0.34%) HNC
12 1 (0.34%) MCSE
12 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.73%) QA
2 9 (3.05%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.03%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.68%) ECSS
4 2 (0.68%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.34%) CDISC
5 1 (0.34%) GDPR
5 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 74 (25.08%) Docker
2 17 (5.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (5.42%) Active Directory
4 9 (3.05%) vSphere
5 5 (1.69%) Firmware
5 5 (1.69%) NFS
5 5 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.02%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 3 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.68%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.68%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.34%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 69 (23.39%) Kubernetes
2 48 (16.27%) Terraform
3 29 (9.83%) Ansible
4 12 (4.07%) Kibana
5 9 (3.05%) Puppet
6 7 (2.37%) Graylog
6 7 (2.37%) ZABBIX
7 6 (2.03%) Kustomize
8 4 (1.36%) Prometheus
9 3 (1.02%) Grafana
9 3 (1.02%) Nessus
9 3 (1.02%) Packer
9 3 (1.02%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.68%) SCCM
11 1 (0.34%) Argo
11 1 (0.34%) Consul
11 1 (0.34%) Netcool
11 1 (0.34%) Netcool/OMNIbus
11 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.34%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 33 (11.19%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.10%) VMware
3 15 (5.08%) Splunk
4 11 (3.73%) Dynatrace
4 11 (3.73%) SAP
5 9 (3.05%) Databricks
6 7 (2.37%) Apple
6 7 (2.37%) Fortinet
6 7 (2.37%) Palo Alto
7 6 (2.03%) Arista
7 6 (2.03%) Cisco
7 6 (2.03%) Oracle
7 6 (2.03%) Sawtooth Software
8 5 (1.69%) NVIDIA
9 4 (1.36%) IBM
9 4 (1.36%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.02%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.02%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.02%) Juniper
10 3 (1.02%) Salesforce